bring X to its knees

Breidbart Index = B = brittle

bring X to its knees v.

[common] To present a machine, operating system, piece of software, or algorithm with a load so extreme or pathological that it grinds to a halt. "To bring a MicroVAX to its knees, try twenty users running vi -- or four running EMACS." Compare hog.

--Jargon File, autonoded by rescdsk